Improvement in embroidery-knitting machines



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C. J. APPLETON. EMBROIDERY KNITTING-MACHINE. No.176,455-

Patented April 25, 1876.

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2 SheetsSheet 2. C. J. APPLETON. EMBROIDERY KNITTING-MACHINE.No.176,455. Patented April 25, 1876 MPETEIS, FHUTD-UTHOGRAPNER,WASHINGYON. D C.

PATENT @EEI CHARLES: JAMES, APPLEJJQN, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

LMPROlE -ME NT I N. EMBROI'DERYKNIT'TING MAGHI N-E-S.

Specificationforming part of LettersBatentN 0. 176,455, dated April 25,1876; application filed March 1, 187 6.

To. atlwhcm i may. o c rn 4 Be it known, that I, CHARLES J Alums AP.- awN, E e u ou o ty, a dtate of Eew Jersey, l av e invented anew andIIn=proved; Embroidery-Knitting Machine; and I reby d cla that. he h o g18.3% 11 clear, and exact description thereof, reference n a t th a cmpan dr n s, aking a, p r Q h s eci ca o a d th lettersof referencemarked thereon, in which 7 the. same letter represents thevv same thingin,

' and yarn-standard removed, and showing, in

ted, in s. t e ratine am in h e le cam plate. Fig. 4L isan enlarged viewof the yarn;guide-plate-holding device. Fig. 5 is an larged e f heedle-r olding de vice. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section on the line 44,0f Fig.3. Fig.7 is, an enlarged view of the fabric,showing the.formation of the vertical stripe.

The several letters represent the following parts, viz: a, bed-plate; b,needle-cylinder; c, cam-ring; d, needle-plate; e, needle-cam plate f,needle-cam-plate dog g, needle Teamplate-driving block; h, yarn-guideplate; a t, yarn guide-plate holders; j, yarn-standard k k,embroidery-bobbin holders; l l, the bobbins; m m, embroidery-yarnguides; 10 11., embroidery-yarnguide springs; 0, yarn-guidedriving cam;11, needle-cylinder yarn-guide; 1), extra yarn-guide for tuck-work; q q,cam and needle plate holders; r1", cylinder-needles; s s, plate-needles;t t, line of the vertical central section; o v, needle-plate holders; ww, needle plate-holder screws a: a0, embroidering yarn or threads; y,needle-cylinder yarn y, needle-plate yarn for tuck-work; z z, revolvingyarn-bobbins.

Theobject of my invention is to produce plain knitting with embroideredvertical stripes of any color, each stripe being made from separateyarns, and worked by particular needles into the fabric. It isapplicable to all plain-knitting machinery, circular or straight, and itmay be attached to machines having; a number of feeds, aisbalrnoral-machines; prodpcing horizontal stripes-the combination. ofthe, twostripes, vertical and horizontahproducing plaids.

Arranging the horizontal needles. to, knit with,and when thecylinder-needlesk both sets using yarn from the same guide, the fabric.

- knitrnay be widened or narrowed by taking out or putting in needles inthe needle iplate, By adding an extra yarn-guide, placed over thehorizontal needles, in' the rear of the cylinder-need1es, and anotherthread arranged to knit, running in the same direction as thecylinder-thread, what is known as tuck-work will be knit. In Figs. 3 and6 of the drawings I have shown this extra yarn-guide1% pivoted to andoverlapping. the needle-cylinder aruguide p.the plate h and itsyarn-standard j,

being removed, as is necessary in the prdduc tion of tuck-work.

The operation of the machine is as. fgllpws: Work being on thecylinder-needles r, and needlecylinder yarnguide p, threaded up, motionis. given to the cam-ring-driving gear,

; causing needles r r in cylinder 1), fixed to bed- ,plate a, to slideup and down, and in their downward motion to take yarn from yarn,- guidep off of revolving bobbin 2. Bobbin z and yarn-guide 1) revolve withneedle-cam platee inside ofst-ationary embroideringyarns a; m Stationaryembroidery bobbins are placed on holders k k, and yarn is drawn oftperpendicularly through eyelets over them, passing horizontally tocorresponding eyelets near yarn-standard j, then directly toembroidery-yarn guide m. Standard 7' and yarn-guides m m are secured togulde-plate h, held in position by plate-holders t t and some ofcylinderneedles 1" 7'. Each yarn-guide m feeds yarn into a particularneedle, located in its groove in plate 01, which is held in position byholders o '0, adjusted by screws 10 w, resting on camring 0.

The needles in plate 01 receive reciprocatory motion from cam-plate e,driven by dog f striking against block g, secured to ring 0, andrevolving with it. Oam-plate e and needleplate 11 are held in positionby holders q q.

The needles slide out a little in advance of yarn-guide m, and, whenout, the cylinderneedles draw their yarn and knit through theirloops,leaving the connecting-thread behind the latches ot' theembroidery-needles in needle-plate d. The instant the thread is securedbehind the latch yarn-guide-driving cam 0 drives embroidery-yarn guidesm m successively across the embroidery-needles and holds them until theyslide back with yarn in their hooks. The head of an embroidery-needle isnow in front of the eylinder-11eedles,and the cylinder-thread placedbehind the latch is thrown off the head of the needle upon theembroidery-yarn, between the head of needle s and yarn-guide m. At thismoment, drivingcam 0 passes and releases embroideryyarn guide m, whichis returned to its original position by spring n. This action isrepeated as cam-rin g c and plate 6 revolve.

When it is desired to knit on both sets of needles from yarn-guide p, towiden or narrow a circular tube of knitting, the yarn-guide plate andyarn-standard are removed, drivin g-block g is turned half round to putneedles 8 s in proper position with needles 1' 1', and certain needlesare arranged to knit with cylinderneedles 1' 7. When narrowing isrequired, the needleto be dispensed with is pushed back and its looptaken off and placed on a cylinderneedle, the butt of the needle, whenpushed back, being outside of cam-plate e and out of the action of camsin plate 0. This operation is repeated until all the plate-needles s sare thrown back out of operation.

Widening is accomplished by needles 8 8 being placed in action, one ormore at a time, each needle making the circular knitted fabric one walewid To produce tuck-work, the driving-block g is in the same position aswhen embroidering, yarn-guide plate and yarn-standard being removed, andneedles 8 8 being placed in proper relation to cylinder-needles r 1'.Cylinder yarnguide p feeds cylinder-needles r r and leaves a portion ofyarn between the cylinder-needles, behind the latches of plate-needles ss. An

extra yarn guide, p, is arranged in the rear of the cylinder-needles,and over the horizontal needles, to feed the extra thread y to theplateneedles 8 s, and as they are drawn back the loop of yarn behind thelatch is thrown over the head of the needle to the inside of the fabric.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a knitting-machine, the combination of two independent sets ofneedles and cams, arranged at nearly right angles to each other, asdescribed, whereby plain work is produced by the joint operation of thetwo sets of needles, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of embroidery-needles s s with cylinder-needles 1' rand embroideryyarn guides m m and operating mechanism, whereby the loopis laid behind the latch, to be thrown over upon the embroidery-yarn andinterlocked between the loops of embroidery, the parts operatingtogether substantially as described.

3. The combination of cam-ring 0, needlecylinder 1), cam-plate 0, plated, yarn'guidedriving cam o, and embroidery-yarn guide m with needles 1*r and s 8, operating together substantially as described.

4. The combination of yarn-guide plate h, holders ii, and needles 1' 1*,operating together substantially as described.

5. The combination of needle-cylinder b, needle-plate d, andneedle-plate holders v 11, operating together substantially asdescribed.

6. The method of forming embroidery on knitted fabrics herein described,which consists in interlocking the embroidery thread or yarn with andaround the thread or yarn of the fabric, whereby the thread or yarn ofthe fabric is entirely concealed, and the embroidery thread or yarnbrought to the face of the fabric in the form of a wale, as and for thepurposes described.

CHARLES JAMES APPLETON.

Witnesses:

S. J. GORDON, J OHN W. RIPLEY.

